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THE PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique, Part 2

Record: Randall Curren and J. C. Blokhuis, “The Prima Facie Case Against Homeschooling” in Public Affairs Quarterly, 25, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-19. Summary: In my previous post I argued against the historic backstory Curren and Blokhuis provide as the … Continue reading

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MATHEMATICS AND HOMESCHOOLING: A Missed Opportunity

Record: Kathleen Ambruso Acker, Mary W. Gray, Behzad Jalali, and Matthew Pascal, “Mathematics and Home Schooling” in Notices of the AMS 59, no, 4 (April 2012): 513-521. Summary: All four authors of this paper are affiliated with American University.  The … Continue reading

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EDUCATION, SCHOOLING, AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: How to Regulate Homeschooling

Record: Robert Kunzman, “Education, Schooling, and Children’s Rights: the Complexity of Homeschooling” in Educational Theory 62, no. 1 (February 2012): 75-89. Summary: Kunzman is author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling and … Continue reading

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HOW TO REGULATE HOMESCHOOLING: An Argument for Minority Parents’ Rights

Record: Courtenay E. Moran, “How to Regulate Homeschooling: Why History Supports the Theory of Parental Choice” in University of illinois Law Review, 2011, no. 3 (2011): 1061-1094. [Available Here] Summary: Moran, a J. D. candidate at the University of Illinois … Continue reading

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